In addition to the Whovians watching every move Matt Smith is up to since his reign as the Eleventh Doctor came to a close, there is a new legion of fans that flock to History’s ‘Vikings‘, I’m proudly one of these freebooters, rovers…um I don’t know what we’re called, exactly, but I LOVE ‘Vikings‘! What do these two shows have in common you may ask? Smith from ‘Doctor Who‘ and Clive Standen from ‘Vikings‘ (and also a few episodes of ‘Doctor Who‘!) are now cast in the same movie – ‘Patient Zero‘.

The History Channel is taking its first step into scripted television with a new series entitled ‘Vikings’. The guys behind the show ‘The Tudors’, Michael Hirst and Morgan O’ Sullivan will bring the series to The History Channel for a ten episode order. The series will premiere sometime in 2013 and will be filmed at a new studio in Ireland.

Netflix’s ‘Black Mirror‘ debuted way back in 2011. A more innocent time because we didn’t have deep, lurking fears about technology and how it could do anything but improve our daily life. Then came Charlie Brooker and the anthology series that has forced me, at least, to cover all the cameras on my devices with tape or sticky tack. Coming back for it’s fourth season, we’ve got a little, and I do mean little, information on the next six episodes.

Arrow Video has announced their lineup for September with some excellent titles in time for Halloween. All releases come with new HD transfers and some pretty cool extras. Be sure to read all about them below and pre-order for the cheapest price. I can’t wait to watch these fun gems again.

The summer really heats up in August, as Arrow Video releases a special edition of an 80s classic, a white-knuckle thriller, a splatter horror masterpiece, a box set of crime classics, a rare Italian sword-and-sandal epic, and an amazing new limited edition steelbook.

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is inviting you to feel the magic of ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword‘ on Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital on August 8. You can pluck your very own copy early on July 25th if you just want the digital option. But why stop there when there is so much awesome awaiting you with all the options available?

Netflix is beefing up their original series with a time-travel series starring everyone’s favorite roommate, Eric McCormack (‘Will & Grace‘). The drama will be a combined effort with Canadian TV channel Showcase, they will also have exclusive rights to broadcast the series in Canada, but Netflix picks it up everywhere outside of Canada.

We always get a little excited when April rolls around and believe me it’s not because it’s tax season. We, at Boomstick.com love music as well as movies, and every April brings us… Record Store Day! The vinyl junkies of the world take in a deep breath as they step into a record store and the joy of that scent is similar to that of a bibliophile upon entering a library.

Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, TX is gearing up for it’s 11th annual Fantastic Fest and as usual, they’ve released their first wave of the programming lineup for the event that has been hailed as one of the film festivals not to miss. The Drafthouse hosts not only viewings of genre-specific films but hosting writers, directors and casts of both the well-known and little-known varieties. FF takes place this year from September 24 – October 1 with a world premiere of ‘Bone Tomahawk‘ set for closing night with Kurt Russell, cast and crew to attend.

Hulu is one of the premiere names in SVOD services and it’s no wonder why. With a recent multi-year licensing agreement with 20th Century Fox TV Distribution, the provider has also gained exclusive streaming rights to the Emmy winning FX miniseries ‘Fargo‘.

It’s been a big year for the entertainment world. Netflix’s initial push to bring movie-theater worthy films straight to streaming customers and bypassing the big screen altogether set off a chain of deals that will take those fresh releases and push them directly into homes allowing us to bypass a $15.00 soda, but denying us the $20.00 popcorn you can only get at the theater.Then came the deluge of series and movies being made for exclusive run with everyone from Netflix, Amazon to Crackle and everything in between. Top that off with the huge breach of privacy Sony experienced. New releases were flooded onto P2P sharing sites and private emails from the film company’s big wigs that show us how the infrastructure of Sony really works, not to mention what those involved really think of some of their superstars.

In the wake of wickedly successful series like ‘Game of Thrones‘ that prove period pieces are bankable projects, BBC has set the cast for their newest series epic, ‘The Last Kingdom‘. Bernard Cornwell is the author of at least 8 novels that comprise ‘The Saxon Stories‘, the first in the series being ‘The Last Kingdom‘. The series is a continuing historical novel about 9th and 10th century Britain. We meet Uhtred Ragnarson, born a Saxon then kidnapped by raiding Danes who raise him from the age of 10, teaching him how to be a warrior. When his Danish father is killed, Uhtred joins King Alfred of Wessex. The series takes history and slightly embellishes events, details and people, so that what is presented is not a straight true historical story, but a marriage of historical fact and fictional characters.

The last swashbuckler to hit the big screen was Captain Jack Sparrow in the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean‘ films, but before him, there was another. Back in 1922 the tales of Zorro gripped the world with his master swordsmanship and championing the defenseless. Since then Hollywood has made some bank off of the masked man at least a dozen times and with varying success. I’m pleased to announce there is going to be a reboot of the Zorro films. Not so much a reboot of original stories, as a new movie based on a new book about Zorro. If that made sense, I might have a future in writing!

Yet another geek deal of the day. This time it is the blu-ray/dvd combo pack of the animated ‘How To Train Your Dragon’. This bou-ray normally retail for $40.00. But for a very limited time, it is going for 69% off which means the movie is only $12.49. Take advantage. This is actually a really great movie.